Page 52 of The Vampire and the Barista

If you hear an explosion, don’t worry, the children and I are blowing the garden up.

Seth shook his head. Royston was already annoyed over the damage that had been done, courtesy of the fight with the super witches. Seth shrugged, just as well Royston hadn’t had time to start fixing it up yet then.

The next moment, a loud explosion was heard, along with the children jumping up and cheering, as debris from whatever just exploded went everywhere.

“And that class is how to make your first bomb,” Gio said, grinning his head off.

Seth joined them and slipped an arm around Jack, who leant into him. “So bomb making 101 going well then.”

“So much fun,” Jack agreed as the others talked over themselves, telling him all about it.

Finally, after thanking Gio, Spencer, Kitty and Karl went off to do something else. Jack stayed with them.

“Jack, are you okay?” Seth asked him softly.

“I guess,” he replied with a small shrug.

“Wanna talk about it?” Gio asked, stepping closer.

“I miss my gran and my fox. I mean, I can feel him getting stronger, and Adrian is doing what he can, but it’s not the same as having him just below the surface.”

“I can’t even imagine how strange that feels, but just focus on the fact that he is getting stronger. As for your gran, of course you’ll miss her, that’s allowed, you know?” Gio replied.

“You’re not mad?” Jack asked, looking at them.

“Why would we be mad at you missing your gran or any of your family? If you want to talk to us about them, you can, you know,” Seth added gently.

Jack turned and put his arm around Gio, so he was hugging them both. “Thanks, maybe after dinner we can spend some time together.”

“We can,” Gio said.

Jack pulled back, grinning. “We can play one of my new games.”

Seth nodded, “But not Vampire Academy, everyone gets stuck on level eleven.”